Illinois Law Schools Libraries

Illinois Law Schools Libraries

To provide basic educational opportunities and necessary support services for eligible persons which will allow them to reach their highest level of competency, enhance opportunities for employment, meet their obligations as citizens, and improve the quality of life for them and their families.

Established more than a century ago, the College shares the world-class reputation of the University of Illinois. One of 16 colleges, schools, and institutes on the University's flagship Urbana-Champaign campus, the law school is consistently ranked among the nation's top 10 public law schools and a peer of the nation's private elite. You'll find the College of Law to be a unique blend of tradition and innovation, attributes you might expect from a college sharing space with the birthplace of the light-emitting diode and the first graphical Web browser.

The DePaul University College of Law Library contains over 397,000 volumes, including 7500 microforms titles, 5,000 serial subscriptions, 24,000 electronic titles and special subject strengths that include tax, health law, human rights, and constitutional law. The collection consists principally of Anglo-American law, including the law of the United States, its states and territories, Canada, and Great Britain. Publications of international governmental organizations as well as the law of European, Asian, African, Latin American and other countries are acquired selectively.

The Library at the Downtown Campus contains approximately 500,000 volumes and encompasses libraries of both the Chicago-Kent College of Law and the Stuart School of Business. These libraries form an outstanding collection of materials relating to law, business, international relations, and the social sciences.

The recently renovated Louis L. Biro Law Library occupies 5 floors of the law school's State Street building and offers seating for 750, including 9 group study rooms. The library holds over 410,000 volumes and microform equivalents, provides on-campus and remote access to over 4,000 titles via our specialty electronic databases and is continually adding new online subscriptions to its growing collection of electronic resources. Special Collections in the library include the Academic Achievement Collection consisting of study aids to help students succeed in their classes and the Career Success Collection which contains materials related to job searching and employment in the legal profession.

The Law Library supports the curriculum of the Law School and the research needs of its students and faculty. While the Law Library participates in cooperative ventures with other Law Libraries, our students and faculty are our primary patrons.

We provide innovative patron services; implement creative uses of technology to access, manage, and communicate knowledge; and build and maintain an outstanding collection of legal and interdisciplinary research resources necessary to support an internationally renowned faculty and intellectually curious student body.

The University of Chicago Law School occupies a unique niche among this country's premier law schools. Located on a residential campus in one of America 's great cities, Chicago offers a rigorous and interdisciplinary professional education that blends the study of law with the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences. Students, faculty, and staff form a small, tightly knit community devoted to the life of the mind. Learning is participatory. Chicago does not seek to impose a single viewpoint or style of thought on its students. Instead, our faculty exposes students to contrasting views, confident in students' abilities to choose their own paths.

The Library houses a collection surpassing 250,000 volumes and volume equivalents. The Library is a depository for U.S. Government documents and, in addition to the print collections, offers researchers access to computerized research systems and audio-visual materials. The Library automates most functions through the Voyager and OCLC systems and is a member of several library consortia that facilitate resource sharing, including CARLI (Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois), the Chicago Legal Academic System, and the Mid-America Law Library Consortium.

The recently renovated Louis L. Biro Law Library occupies 5 floors of the law school's State Street building and offers seating for 750, including 9 group study rooms. The library holds over 410,000 volumes and microform equivalents, provides on-campus and remote access to over 4,000 titles via our specialty electronic databases and is continually adding new online subscriptions to its growing collection of electronic resources. Special Collections in the library include the Academic Achievement Collection consisting of study aids to help students succeed in their classes and the Career Success Collection which contains materials related to job searching and employment in the legal profession.